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Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the
statement or answers the question.
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1. "Depression is caused by such things as war, serious accident, or serious illness." A
statement like that is most likely to reflect:
A) psychosocial factors
C) behavioral factors
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B) cognitive factors
D) environmental factors
2. Of the definitions of abnormal behavior, which one best relates to "quantity?"
A) statistical frequency
C) destructiveness
B) deviation from social norm
D) delinquent behavior
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3. You are taking a personality test in which you must respond with specific answers.
This is the ______ type of personality test
A) subjective
C) clinical
B) objective
D) projective
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4. "I am afraid to have a panic attack in public - it's very embarrassing and I may not be
able to get out before the attack starts." The description most reflects:
A) social phobia
C) agoraphobia
B) obsessive-compulsive disorder
D) generalized anxiety disorder
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5. Lady Macbeth was burdened with intense guilt after her part in the murder of Duncan.
As a result, she washed her hands over and over again, trying to remove the blood she thought she
saw on them. Psychologists would call Lady Macbeth's hand-washing:
A) a symbolic release
C) an obsession
B) dramatic irony
D) a compulsion
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6. Divorce, a loss of a job, and other personal problems have plagued Anita in the last
several years. Anita has started to have seizures, but her doctor has found no medical reason for the
seizures. Which of the following disorders is Anita likely to have?
A) conversion disorder
C) epilepsy
B) somatization disorder
D) hysteria
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7. Most of the time, Lydia is dejected, has difficulty sleeping, and has no energy or interest
in her usual activities. However, every now and then, she seems normal for a few days, and then
reverses back into her sadness. Lydia probably suffers from:
A) unipolar depression
C) conversion disorder
B) bipolar I disorder
D) dysthymic depression
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8. A psychologist is working with a person who has been diagnosed as having bipolar I
disorder. When the psychologist looks at the clinical history of the blood relatives of this person, she
would not be surprised to find:
A) there is evidence of similar symptoms being displayed in the person's relatives
B) there is no evidence whatsoever of depressive symptoms in the relatives
C) if there is evidence of depression or mania, it is no more likely to be found in blood relatives than it
is in close friends of the family
D) there is evidence of other genetic problems such as Downs syndrome
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9. Steve has stopped taking the drug prescribed for his depression. What are the odds that
he will relapse in the next three months?
A) 5%
B) 30%
C) 50%
D) 80%
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10. Which of the following is true regarding the use of psychotherapy in treating people
with depression?
A) interpersonal therapy is more successful than antidepressants
B) lithium is the most successful treatment
C) in the short-run psychotherapy is as effective as antidepressants with less severe depression
D) psychotherapy is more successful than lithium
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11. The primary disorder that is treated by ECT is:
A) bipolar I disorder
C) substance abuse
B) social phobia
D) major depression
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12. A person who believes that strangers are plotting to kidnap him is suffering from what
form of schizophrenia?
A) catatonic
B) disorganized
C) paranoid
D) melancholic
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13. A man sees someone using a phone booth and believes that the caller is reporting on
the man's every move. The man would be diagnosed as having what type of schizophrenia?
A) melancholic
B) paranoid
C) disorganized
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D) catatonic
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14. Steve has been diagnosed as suffering from Type I schizophrenia; Ryan received the
diagnosis of Type II schizophrenia. Which of these patients has the better chance of recovery?
A) Both have excellent chances of returning to a normal state within six months.
B) Steve
C) Ryan
D) It is impossible to predict because the course of schizophrenia is so variable
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15. When schizophrenics hear voices or feel bugs crawling under their skin, they are
experiencing disorders of perception known as:
A) illusions
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B) neologisms
C) delusions
D) hallucinations
16. Rod Plotnik tells us about the famous Genain quadruplets to illustrate the fact that:
A) there must be a genetic factor in schizophrenia
B) science is filled with amazing coincidences
C) children can "learn" to be schizophrenic from close contact with family members who are ill
D) schizophrenia strikes in a random, unpredictable fashion
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17. Which of the following structures of the brain may be abnormally larger in people
suffering from schizophrenia?
A) hypothalamus
B) medulla
C) thalamus
D) ventricles
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18. A patient with schizophrenia displays delusions, hallucinations, and has very distorted
speech. These symptoms are examples of:
A) positive symptoms
C) level 1 symptoms
B) negative symptoms
D) level 2 symptoms
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19. The ___________ theory of schizophrenia says that the dopamine neurotransmitter
system is overactive.
A) dopamine
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B) bioamine
C) neuroleptic
D) biological
20. Why should clozapine be allowed to remain available to patients with schizophrenia?
A) It causes some serious side effects.
B) There are other less expensive drugs that are much more effective.
C) A significant portion of those patients receiving it show good improvement.
D) Up to 90% of patients who receive the drug are cured of schizophrenia.
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21. Jared suffered through dissociative amnesia. What does this mean?
A) He has enlarged ventricles.
B) His loss of personal information was due to some stress event.
C) He suddenly left town and adopted a new identify.
D) He forgot some important personal information from drug addiction.
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22. Which of the following is false regarding the role of culture in interpreting the
symptoms of mental disorders?
A) Symptoms occur independently of one's own cultural context.
B) It is rare when culture influences mental disorders.
C) What might be considered abnormal in one culture could be normal in another culture.
D) The frequency of mental disorders differ among the countries of the world.
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23. A cultural variable that may explain the differences in the percentage of men and
percentage of women reporting depression is:
A) educational opportunities
C) gender roles
B) fear of failure
D) the use of sexist language
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24. A therapist tells a mildly depressed individual to work on identifying her negative,
maladaptive thoughts if she wishes to feel better. This therapist's approach is most associated with:
A) Freud's psychoanalysis
C) Rogers' client-centered therapy
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B) Beck's cognitive theory of depression
D) medical approach
25. Freud believed that Anna's symptoms were caused by:
A) a conditioned emotional reaction
C) strong, primitive unconscious sexual desires
B) low self-efficacy
D) a hormonal dysfunction
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26. "Let us take these mental patients and treat them with dignity and give them a relaxed
and decent environment." This approach to treatment is known as:
A) psychoanalysis
C) cognitive therapy
B) moral therapy
D) desensitization
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27. If Dr. Crane views psychological disorders as diseases to be treated with drugs, it is
likely that Dr. Crane is:
A) in agreement with current beliefs in psychotherapy
C) a clinical psychologist
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B) a psychiatrist
D) a psychoanalyst
28. The central idea of Freud's psychoanalysis is that each of us has a(n):
A) unconscious part that contains hidden, threatening desires or thoughts
B) conscious mind containing ideas that can be clarified and made more logical
C) history of learned behavior patterns that reveals why we act in certain ways
D) need to grow and develop our full potential as human beings
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29. Which therapy allows the client to say anything that comes to mind?
A) psychoanalysis
C) client-centered therapy
B) behavior therapy
D) medical therapy
4.
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30. Followers of the psychoanalytic approach have:
A) not believed that the client transfers anything to the therapist
B) been very slow to conduct research to test their treatment's effectiveness
C) believed that removal of the symptoms means a cure of the illness
D) allowed the client to express thoughts more frequently and openly
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31. Which of the following is not one of the three therapist characteristics that Rogers
believed would facilitate change in clients?
A) empathy
C) positive regard
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B) direct
D) genuineness
32. Overgeneralization involves:
A) gradually exposing someone to their greatest fear
B) making blanket judgments based on a single incident
C) categorizing information as either "good" or "bad"
D) focusing on one detail so much that you fail to notice others
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33. Which of the following maladaptive thought patterns is the best example of
overgeneralization?
A) "She hates me."
B) "I have many problems."
C) "Every time I try something new I fail."
D) "Sure I got an A in physics, but I barely passed English."
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34. David feels that no one likes him and that he is deliberately ignored at work. His
therapist asks David to keep track of the number of times in a week that people at work actually say
something to him. David discovers that people pay more attention to him than he thought. What
cognitive- behavior modification technique did David use?
A) graded task assignments
C) behavioral rehearsal
True/False:
B) self-monitoring
D) free association
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or
false.
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Insanity is a legal term.
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Biological factors refer to cognitive processes.
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Mood disorders would be identified on Axis I.
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A phobia is an irrational fear that is out of proportion to any real danger in the situation
or object.
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An obsession is a persistent recurring thought, impulse, or image.
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The somatoform disorders involve bodily symptoms.
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In Japan, taijin kyofusho is similar to somatization disorder.
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Dysthymic disorder refers to a mood disorder where the person feels "down in the
dumps."
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Many patients with bipolar stop taking their medication because they enjoy the mania.
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Schizophrenia is associated with large ventricle size.
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Tardive dyskinesia is a type of schizophrenia.
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The number of cases worldwide of dissociative identity disorder has remained stable
over the last 100 years.
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The suicide rate in the U.S. is twice that of China.
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Cultural has little influence on mental disorders.
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Dorothea Dix was an advocate of moral treatment of mental patients.
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The discovery of antidepressants was an important event in the deinstitutionalization of
mental patients.
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A purpose of community mental health centers is to provide outpatient treatment.
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Counseling psychologists tend to focus on problems of living rather than on serious
mental disorders.
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Behavior therapy is based on classical and operant conditioning.
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Cognitive-behavior therapy attempts to modify thoughts and behaviors.
Short Answer: 3 points each! 3 sentence answers each. Please write
your answers on a separate sheet and staple to this one before you
turn it in.
55.
Discuss the similarities and differences between social phobia, specific phobia, and
agoraphobia. Make sure you include a definition of phobia.
56.
Describe the diathesis stress theory of schizophrenia. Include a brief discussion of the
neurological/genetic and environmental causes of the disorder.
57.
What are the major differences between a psychiatrist, a clinical psychologist, and a
counseling psychologist?
58.
Describe the use of systematic desensitization in treating a spider phobia.
59.
Is psychotherapy effective? What are the variables present in different therapies?
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